Fall 2019 Course Syllabus Course: DAAC-1311- Section: 50 Counseling Theories

Instructor Information
Instructor	Robert White
E-mail	whiterl@lamarpa.edu
Phone	(409) 984-6330
Office	Location: Ruby Fuller - Room: 211 Hours: By appointments only
Department	Inmate Instruction Chair: Shirley MacNeill E-mail: macneisb@lamarpa.edu Phone: (409) 984-6365 If you have a grievance, complaint, or concern about this course that has not been resolved through discussion with the Instructor, please consult the Department Chair.
Course Information
Description	An examination of major theories and current treatment modalities used in the field of counseling
Prerequisites	DAAC 1317
Learning Outcomes	1. Identify major counseling theories, key figures, their philosophy, and key Concepts. 2. Define and explain techniques relevant to the various theories. 3. Identify major approaches to treatment. 4. Identify the attitudes and skills that are essential to becoming an effective multicultural counselor.
Core Objectives	Communication skills: Students will demonstrate effective written, oral and visual communication. * Critical Thinking Skills: Students will engage in creative and/or innovative thinking, and/or inquiry, analysis, evaluation, synthesis of information, organizing concepts and constructing solutions. * Empirical and Quantitative Skills: Students will demonstrate applications of scientific and mathematical concepts. * Teamwork: Students will demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal and consider different points of view. * Social Responsibility: Students will demonstrate intercultural competency and civic knowledge by engaging effectively in local, regional, national and/or global communities. * Personal Responsibility: Students will demonstrate the ability to connect choices, actions and consequences to ethical decision-making.
Program Student Learning Outcomes	1. Demonstrate basic knowledge of essential characteristics of an effective Counselor. 2. Demonstrate basic knowledge, skills, and attitude that are essential to becoming an effective multicultural counselor. 3. Demonstrate knowledge of a framework for making ethical decisions and issues related to multicultural counseling.
Textbooks	Theories of Counseling and Psychotherapy: 9th Ed; Gerald Corey; ISBN: 978-0-8400-2854-9 Motivational Interviewing: 3rd Ed; William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick; ISBN: 978-160918-227-4
Lecture Topics Outline	08-27-19 Review Table 1.1 pg 6-7 Table 15.4, 15.5, 15.5, 15.6 pg. 441-445 Introduction of Stan, pgs. 9-12 09-3-19 Discuss chapters 1-3 PowerPoint Introduction & Overview 09-10-19 Discuss Psychoanalytic & Adlerian Therapy: Lecturette on Stan 09-17-19 09-24-19 Discuss Existential Therapy : Lecturette on Stan 10-01-19 Interactive Activity on Person Centered & Gestalt 10-08-19 Interactive Activity on CBT 10-15-19 Mid-Term 10-22-19 10-29-19 Motivational Interviewing 11-05-19 Discuss (MI) 11-12-19 11-19-19 Discuss (MI) 11-26-19 12-03-19 Jeopardy Game on Theories 12-10-19 Final Exam
Major Assignments Schedule	See Above
Final Exam Date	December 10, 2019 - 5:30 PM   Through  December 10, 2019 - 8:00 PM
Grading Scale	90 - 100 = A 80 - 89 = B 70 - 79 = C 60 - 69 = D Below 59 =
Determination of Final Grade	Interactive Activities 15% Discussion Board     20% Mid-Term Exam     25% Jeopardy Game 10% Final Exam     30%
Course Policies
Instructor Policies	I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person.
Attendance Policy	Research has shown a cause and effect relationship between attendance and college success. Students with more than three absences from the course will receive an academic penalty (which is spelled out by the instructor).
Academic Honesty	Academic honesty is expected from all students, and dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. Please consult the LSC-PA policies (Section IX, subsection A, in the Faculty Handbook) for consequences of academic dishonesty.
Facility Policies	No food or tobacco products are allowed in the classroom. Only students enrolled in the course are allowed in the classroom, except by special instructor permission. Use of electronic devices is prohibited.
Important Information
ADA Considerations	The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation of their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation, please contact the the Office for Disability Services Coordinator, Room 231, in the Madison Monroe Building. The phone number is (409) 984-6241.
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Other	I will not discuss your grades over the phone or by email. If you want to discuss your grades, you must come to my office, in person.
HB 2504	This syllabus is part of LSC-PA's efforts to comply with Texas House Bill 2504.